1 online resource (xxii, 167 pages, [10] pages of plates) :

"On October 15, 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery captain attached to the French General Staff, was arrested on charges of having betrayed his country by selling military secrets to the Germans. He was convicted of treason by military court-martial and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island, but over the next 12 years a small group of human rights supporters was able to clear him and identify the real traitor, and Dreyfus was pardoned. The most sensational case in French history, it pitted national security interests against individual rights, exposed the anti-Semitism that permeated France, and influenced the course of Europe as it rumbled toward the first of two world wars. This work provides the first comprehensive examination of this incident for students, including a narrative historical overview, essays on major aspects of the event, lengthy biographical profiles of the key players, the text of important primary documents contemporary to the time, a timeline of the event and list of French presidents and ministers of war during the Affair, a glossary of terms, and a bibliography of print and electronic sources and films suitable for students. This is an idea resource for student use."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164) and index

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Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology of Events; Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Ministers of War During the Dreyfus Affair; Chapter 1 Historical Overview; Chapter 2 Before Dreyfus: The French Political Context; Chapter 3 Anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair; Chapter 4 Socialists and the Dreyfus Affair; Chapter 5 The Dreyfus Affair in History; Chapter 6 Conclusion; Photo essay follows page; Biographies: The Personalities in the Dreyfus Affair; Primary Documents of the Dreyfus Affair; Glossary of Selected Terms; Annotated Bibliography; Index

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